We started the experiment in good conditions: in summer, with a lit light next to the aquarium all day to ensure the right temperature and good brightness. No worries on that side.
And always enough available to demineralized water.
In the first trial, was simply brought some eggs (one third) in the normal aquarium. There has been blooming from April to May triops and also some fairy shrimp (another prehistoric crustacean living in the same natural environment that triops), but after a week, all animals were gone. It is thought that this species of algae or fungus, which quickly covered the nutrients in the bag eggs in a white veil and proliferated quickly in the aquarium was responsible. Unfortunately, the manual does not mention this danger.
It was then cleaned the bottom aquarium (avoid hot water, it easily deforms under heat) and changed technique as nursery, was used to clean glass bowl salad to put water and the second third of eggs. We still had triops over fairy shrimp and also Daphnia. As before, the water quickly turned under the action of the algae / fungus and when we wanted to transfer animals
in the aquarium clean and prepared to hand the triops were all still dead. At least we could keep some daphnia and fairy shrimp that appear to be less susceptible to algae / white mold.
A fairy shrimp has grown and has now passed the 3 weeks. The other animals were all still missing. Leftover food should be removed quickly because the algae grows very fast on everything else.
The last third of the eggs was also used with this nursery apart and there was an outbreak triops. Before the water still turns the triops was transferred to another bowl with clean water (because we did not want to put it in the aquarium with fairy shrimp before it has grown enough, because the compartments the aquarium can not be properly closed by the yellow separators provided, another weak point of the system), but triops also died after a day in the clean bowl ... we suspect that got stuck in his old shell when he made an attempt to molt ...
In conclusion: we are not immune to failure despite all the precautions taken and some expertise
on aquatic fauna, and my son is very disappointed (me too). And yet, we still have this fairy shrimp as small consolation. It is very difficult to raise triops ...
